PhD in Biology, Vega Asensio currently works as a scientific illustrator and designer. In 2011, she founded NorArte Visual Science, driven by the need to improve science communication and outreach by bringing together her two passions: drawing and science.
She works mainly with research professionals, creating a wide range of graphic materials, including illustrations, data visualisations, diagrams, animations, document layouts, graphical abstracts and scientific posters. She also teaches courses on data visualisation and graphic design for science professionals at universities and technology centres. From 2017 to 2025, she coordinated the first master’s degree in Spain in this field aimed at scientific illustration professionals, offered by the EHU.
One of her main goals has always been to bring scientific illustration closer to children. Working with other specialists, she has developed projects such as Zientzia-Arkatza, Mandala Zientifikoak and Komiki-Ekin, which provide schools with educational materials using illustration and other visual resources to make science clearer and easier to understand. She also runs workshops for kids in museums, libraries and other cultural and educational venues.
